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Vending machines with a healthy twist
Photos: Vending machines with a healthy twist
WeGoBabies vending machines stock diapers, wipes, pacifiers, milk, formula, snacks and more.
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Photos: Vending machines with a healthy twist
A vending machine at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore offers breast pumping supplies.
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Photos: Vending machines with a healthy twist
At a vending machine in Australia, users can buy a helmet to allow for safer bike rides.
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Photos: Vending machines with a healthy twist
InstyMeds machines can distribute many types of prescription medications securely and privately 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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A University of California, Davis vending machine dispenses condoms, tampons and the emergency contraception known as Plan B, among other items.
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A needle exchange vending machine in Las Vegas allows intravenous drug users access to free, clean needles.
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Still in development, RecMed vending machines offer first-aid supplies. Taylor Rosenthal came up with the idea for a middle school project and is now working with Six Flags theme parks.
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Toilet paper dispensers across Mexico and many other countries make sure people never run out of the bathroom essential.
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